Westmont Elementary School

As a mid-tier elementary school in Martinez, Georgia, Westmont Elementary School enrolls 720 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within Columbia County.

Within Columbia County, which oversees 31 schools and 28,964 students, Westmont Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Westmont Elementary School logs that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 21% Black, 15% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Columbia County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.3:1, putting Westmont Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Columbia County runs at roughly 39%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate median household earnings sit near $95,592, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Westmont Elementary School is one of 32 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 29,518 students).

Brookwood Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Westmont Elementary School's enrollment has edged up 21% since 2018, when it stood at 597 (now 720). The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 51% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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